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EU to give workers the right to request flexible working: Linda Hynes comments for RTÉ
11 April 2022The right to request flexible work arrangements is set to become a reality this year for Irish employees, with the Government due to implement the EU's Work Life Balance Directive.
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Linda Hynes discusses hybrid and remote overseas working with RTE Radio 1 – Ireland
01 August 2022As the pandemic eases, it is clear that hybrid and remote overseas working is here to stay for a lot of working practices.
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Síobhra Rush joined Petula Martyn to discuss the right to request remote working on RTÉ Radio 1 Business News
14 November 2022In Ireland, a new law aimed at giving employees the right to request remote work is to be included in the work life balance bill which is expected to be delivered by the end of the year.
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Hybrid working: 'There's no one size fits all approach'. Linda Hynes comments for RTÉ
14 November 2022It may be the new normal, but most companies are still trying to figure out what hybrid working means for them - and their workforce.
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The government has brought the right to request remote working in operation - Síobhra Rush comments for Today FM
11 March 2024Síobhra joins Matt Cooper to outline the key considerations around the new law, for both employers and employees.
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Remote working Q&A: a practical look at how employees can apply and what their rights are – Síobhra Rush comments for the Irish Times
11 March 2024Official new code of practice sets out a right to request remote working but there is no guarantee it will be granted.
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Does Britain risk becoming ‘couch potato nation’ under flexible working rules? - James Davies comments for The Telegraph
10 April 2024New measures fuel fears that working from home will become entrenched.
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Catherine Hayes and Sinead Likely comment on what the new right to request remote and flexible working means for employers for Retail News
21 May 2024Following the recent introduction of the right to request remote and flexible working arrangements and guidance for employers published by the WRC, Catherine Hayes and Sinead Likely look at what the Code of Practice says, and some of the key takeaways employers need to know.
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The impact of coronavirus on workforces and global mobility: Naomi Hanrahan-Soar and Despina Stoimenidi comment for HR Magazine
05 May 2020The impact of COVID-19 has reached almost all aspects of normal everyday life. One of the first areas to become affected was global mobility.
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In-house service reflects workforce ‘shift’
14 September 2015Russell Brimelow comments in The Law Society Gazette on LS In-house, our in-house resourcing service in relation to shifting patterns in legal resourcing.
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Managing an International Workforce: 2017 & Beyond
09 February 2017Lewis Silkin’s market leading employment practice last week hosted its 13th annual Managing an International Workforce conference in London.
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Andrew Osborne comments for the International Bar Association: Supporting the workforce through Brexit
02 May 2018In an article for the International Bar Association, Andrew Osborne discusses the negative impact Brexit will have on retaining and recruiting staff from the EU.
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Barking mad? Why pets-at-work policies can stem the workforce exodus - Sophie Jamieson and Vince Toman comment for International Employment Lawyer
14 October 2021The Great Resignation is not a complicated phenomenon to understand. After more than 18 months of lockdowns and remote working, millennial and Gen-Z employees, in particular, have realised that financial incentives alone are not enough to keep them in jobs they do not enjoy, working for employers they do not like or whose values they do not share.
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More than seven-in-ten of the global workforce is currently exposed to risks linked to climate change - Jonathan Carr comments for The International Employment Lawyer
24 April 2024A new report released by the International Labour Organization (ILO) has found that more than seven-in-ten of the global workforce is currently exposed to risks linked to climate change. Jonathan Carr comments for the IEL on the current health and safety obligations, and how they may change as the effects of climate change present new difficulties.
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UK’s Supreme Court rules ‘workfare’ legally flawed
31 October 2013In a Financial Times article, Carla Davidson comments upon a Supreme Court ruling that the Government's controversial back to work schemes, which require jobseekers to work for free or risk losing their benefits, were legally flawed.
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The state of migration: employing migrant workers
21 March 2013Practice Development Lawyers Samar Shams and Bethan Carney, have contributed to a report for The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) which explores the trends and the factors that influence employers in recruiting migrant workers. The report discusses issues such as skills shortages, the availability of UK-born workers, and ‘work ethic’.
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Naming foreign workers 'could breach discrimination law'
06 October 2016Andrew Osborne has commented in an article for The Brief from The Times following Amber Rudd's proposal to force employers to list their foreign workers. Andrew states: "These proposals are a very crude attempt to try to bully employers" and "Companies already have to go through a complex and expensive system to sponsor any non-EEA workers and so do not do it if they can find local staff of the same standard".
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Lewis Silkin cited in the HR Director: Is there any need for a Brexit bonfire of workers’ rights?
03 July 2017Lewis Silkin has been mentioned in an article for the HR Director which draws on the recent survey undertaken by the firm, in partnership with the CIPD: ‘Employment regulation in the UK: burden or benefit?.
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How furloughed workers can earn extra money AND help feed Britain: Colin Leckey comments for Metro
28 April 2020Millions of furloughed workers have been urged to help out picking fruit and veg during the harvest to stop crops spoiling in the fields. In this article for Metro, Colin Leckey comments on how furloughed workers can negotiate with their employers about carrying out this essential work during their furlough periods.
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What happens to furloughed workers when the government scheme ends? Lucy Lewis comments for The Independent
11 May 2020The coronavirus outbreak has not only caused thousands of deaths around the world but has caused untold damage to the economy: on 7 May the Bank of England warned the pandemic will push the UK economy towards its deepest recession on record.